Celebrating Terra Madre Day

CELEBRATING TERRA MADRE DAY

Pop up Market on Main Douglas Road next to Galvin’s Carry Out Off Licence, is bringing Terra Madre Day 2011 on Saturday 10^thDecember to the community 2pm - 4pm.

This is the third year of Slow Food’s Global day of Action, it is a day to celebrate Slow Living and eating locally.

Come and meet local artisan producers and sample their wonderful produce.

You will have the opportunity to order your Christmas hams and other festive trimmings. There will be signed copies of Darina Allens Forgotten Skills cook book and a very good chance that the author herself may pop in!

Christmas gift ideas ranging from €5 upwards.

There will be a butter making demonstration by Peter Foynes from the Cork Butter Museum.

The Pop Up Market is a joint venture between Mary Jane Russell from Town & Country, Simone Kelly and Trixie Leahy of Interior Living.

The philosophy of the Slow Food Movement is reflected in the careful selection of artisan goods available at the Pop up Market.

Everyone is most welcome to this unique celebration,Terra Madre 2011 at the Pop Up Market from 2pm -4pm.

Christmas Craft & Food Fair

It is an indoor Christmas Craft & Food Fair that will take place on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th December 10am to 7pm.

The venue will be the Former Fas Building, Sullivan's Quay., Cork City

This will be a traditional Christmas fair in the heart of the city with local craft stalls, craft workshops, free kid's crafts & face painting, story telling, music, community stall, wonderful Christmas cakes & puddings & fresh produce & wreaths.

The idea is to compliment the other Christmas festivities taking place in Cork City during December & add variety to the consumers overall Christmas experience.

This Christmas Fair will give customers the opportunity to do all their Christmas shopping under one roof, with a vast array of unique, locally crafted gifts, decorations and food to choose from while having a great family day out.

The event will be organised by The Cork Local Food Producers & Craft Group whose aim is promote and showcase the vast amount of small local producers and talented craftspeople we have in our midst. Please email Joanne on corkfoodandcraft@gmail.com if you are interested in getting a stall etc. The event is open to all food producers and crafts people.

Just Nuts

We are always interested in new Irish Food companies and while searching for some news, we found Just Nuts.

Just Nuts is a new Irish owned and Irish run artisan food company specializing in the highest quality aromatic roasted nuts and other nut products.

It was set up by entrepreneur Fiona Buckley in early 2011 who decided to fulfil her passion for cooking. The idea for Just Nuts came about when Fiona noticed that the kind of nuts she was making for parties with friends and family were not available anywhere in stores, delis or markets.

Her products are fantastic to eat as they are. The savoury nuts are lovely sprinkled over salads, in curries, even over omelettes while the sweet varieties are great in cakes, desserts with ice cream. Naturally high in fibre, essential minerals and good fats, nuts are a slow energy release food, keeping you going for longer!!

You can purchase the nuts online via LocalMarkets.ie and you can follow them on Facebook

GOLDIEFISH FILM FESTIVAL MARKET 2011

Goldiefish are delighted to be collaborating with the Cork Film Festival this year for two Sunday Markets!
The Markets will take place on the following dates:

SUNDAY THE 6TH OF NOVEMBER
AND
SUNDAY THE 13TH OF NOVEMBER

THE LOCATION WILL BE EMMET PLACE, CORK CITY ON EACH OCCASION.

I AM LOOKING FOR (FEES ARE FOR A 3M X 3M PITCH PER DAY/NO TRAILERS):

6-7 FOOD TO GO STALLS (120 PER DAY)
1 COFFEE STALL (100 PER DAY)
15 FRESH PRODUCE STALL (70 PER DAY – this price is discounted because we would like to encourage more producers to the markets we run).
5 CRAFT STALLS (100 PER DAY)

LOCAL TRADERS WILL BE GIVEN PRIORITY AT THIS EVENT!
ELECTRICITY WILL BE CHARGED AT AN EXTRA 15 EUROS PER DAY.

DEADLINE FOR ALL PAPERWORK IS THURSDAY THE 20TH OF OCTOBER AT THE VERY LATEST BECAUSE OF INSURANCE, FEES AND APPLICATION FORMS NEEDED BY THIS DATE.

PLEASE CONTACT ROSE-ANNE ON roseanne@goldiefish.ie